Sony Ericsson Z525 clamshell phone launched

Sony Ericsson today announced the Z525, a push-to-talk upgrade to the popular Sony Ericsson Z520. The Z525 is a stylish clamshell which works worldwide. The Z525 handset which also features Bluetooth, a VGA camera, as well as a host of messaging capabilities, will be sold in the US beginning in the second quarter 2006.

The Sony Ericsson Z525a is quad-band GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900. It will be available in New Blue and starts shipping during Q2 2006.

SonyEricsson Z525 features:

Imaging & Messaging

Internal display: 128x160 pixels, 65K colors, 1.8� TFT display

External display: 80x101 pixels, 4K colors

VGA camera with 4X digital zoom

Video recording, streaming and playback

Standard POP/IMAP4 E-mail

MMS and SMS

Push-to-talk

Instant Messaging

Caller ID associated light effects

Entertainment

Media Player (MP3/AAC support)

Speakerphone

Music Tones

Dedicated external speaker

MusicDJ and VideoDJ

MIDI

MPEG4, 3GPP

3D Gaming

Java applications (games)

Video playback and streaming

OMA DRM

40 tone polyphonic ringer

16 MB user memory

Style-Up covers

Connectivity & Business

Quad-band GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

Bluetooth

USB support

WAP 2.0

PC Synchronization

SyncML

Infrared (IrDA)